Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

